I know any OSX 10.4.11, or older, will not work with an intel chip. It has to be Leopard.
On 8/30/08, cb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 29, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Bill Brock wrote: > > > Do you if I can then use my macbook discs to install the operating > > system on the machine through a external DVD-rom after i swap the hd > > and ram? > > > > Two issues you will run in to. > > 1: The install discs for a specific machine only work with that > specific machine. So you can't use the MacBook one to install on a > Bondi iMac. > > 2: You need to boot from the install disc, and the Bondi iMac only > has USB 1 and doesn't support booting from it. So there is no way to > boot the Bondi iMac from an external DVD. > > > What you CAN do is pull the hard drive out of the bondi and then do > the OS install using a supported machine to the hard drive connected > to said supported machine as an external drive. Then put the drive > back in the Bondi. > > However, this method may still fail for you because you have a > MacBook, which is Intel based. The Bondi is PPC based. I don't know > what happens when you try to take an Intel install of OS X and run it > on a PPC machine. Someday I'll give it a whirl to find out, but I > kind of suspect it won't work (I don't know how "Universal" the OS > installs are when it comes to crossing chips). > > -chris > <www.mythtech.net> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
